here's my setting

capabilities: [{ // capabilities for local Appium web tests on iOS platformName: 'iOS', 'appium:deviceName': 'iPad mini (6th generation)', 'appium:platformVersion': '17.5', 'appium:automationName': 'XCUITest', 'appium:udid': '713D25D6-E4EF-4E9D-B4BE-0B43BBFBB4F6', 'appium:noReset': true, 'appium:fullReset': false, 'appium:app': join(process.cwd(), 'app/iOS-NativeDemoApp-0.1.0.app'), 'appium:bundleId': 'com.apple.xcode.dsym.org.reactjs.native.example.wdioDemoAppTests', 'appium:appWaitDuration': 90000, 'appium:appWaitActivity': 'SplashActivity, SplashActivity,OtherActivity, *, *.SplashActivity', 'appium:newCommandTimeout': 600 }],

and still face this issue

ERROR webdriver: Error: WebDriverError: The operation was aborted due to timeout when running "http://127.0.0.1:4723/session" with method "POST" and args "{"capabilities":{

anyone can help?